Application of Code to proceeding before special court

Section 26D provides that the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceeding before a special court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the special court shall be deemed to be Court of Session and the person conducting prosecution before a special court shall be deemed to be a public prosecutor within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The persons conducting prosecution should have been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or shall have held a post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State, requiring special knowledge of law.